The Herbal, or General History of Plants. Facsimile of the complete 1633 edition, revised and enlarged by Thomas Johnson by Gerard, John (& Thomas Johnson) - 1975

St. Louis, Missouri: Academy of Science of Saint Louis, 1935. This is the 1935 first edition -- not a cheaply-made modern reprint. SEE PHOTO. Very Good condition. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. Softcover. 6" wide by 9" tall. Bound in the original printed wrappers. In 1984, the author of this study was honored with publication of VERTEBRATE ECOLOGY AND SYSTEMATICS: A TRIBUTE TO HENRY S. FITCH, (University of Kansas, Natural History Museum) edited by Richard A. Seigel, et al. In 1998, the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) established the Henry S. Fitch Award to honor him for manifold contributions to the understanding of the systematics, ecology, natural history and conservation of amphibians and reptiles. Full title: "Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis : Natural History of the Alligator Lizards, Vol. XXIX, No. 1, June 30, 1935.". First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. pp. 3-38 + 4 plates.

Indianapolis: Carlon & Hollenbeck. Very Good. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in clean maroon buckram cloth. Bright gilt title on spine. Text tight and intact. Illustrated with b/w photo-engraved portraits. A few pages between #87-107 are chipped at top corner. Pages 508-509 have margin notes & a tiny hole. Text is otherwise clean & without foxing. Medical ; Portrait Illustrations; Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 729 pages .

London: Longmans, Green, And Co, 1891. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Xvi, 316 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. First Edition, First Printing, With 1891 Date On Title Page And Preface, But Publisher's April 1896 Catalog At End, Thus A Later (1896) Issue Of The First (1891) Printing Booknear Fine, Very Bright, Gilt Brilliant, Endpapers Immaculate, No Names Or Marks, Small Areas Of Rear Cover With A Numberof Small And Very Faint Brown Stains.

London: Macmillan And Co, 1932. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 234 Pp. + Publisher's Catalog At End. Green Cloth, Gilt. First English Language Translation Of The 3Rd German Edition, Which Had A Few New Corrections And Additions. Near Fine, Covers And Gilt Bright And Unfaded, Small Signature "S. Noskoff July 7, 1945" On Front Pastedown, No Other Marks.

Island Press, 1993. Hardcover in Slipcase. Used- Fine. Book is clean and tight. Slipcase shows light shelf wear. Book itself shows very minor wear, appears unread. No markings or highlighting on the inside of the book. Book includes an insert of a numbered original print (numbered 366/600). Limited edition book; this is number 366/600. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1974. 3 volumes, complete. Appear unread. Fine condition (see photos). NOT library discard. Bright, clean, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp -- apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 3 volumes. 8vo. xi, 1,201pp. (Vol. 1, xi, pp. 1-400; Vol. 2, pp. 401-796; Vol. 3, pp. 797-1201). Hardcover. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Bibliography cites 268 items. Comprehensive index. Uniformly bound in the original blue cloth.. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Hardcover (heavy). Fine condition/No jackets. 3 vols: 8vo. xi, 1,201pp.

2000. Hardcover. New. English And Spanish Language Text..New Copy..Never Opened..Sealed In Plastic.. Oversized Hardcover Edition Issued Without Dustjacket..First Edition, First Printing...Text Unmarked..Nice Clean Tight Copy.. Binding Is Solid...Text Unmarked..Not Ex-Library..

Germany, 1790; Original 18th century hand colored copper engraving of Ochotona, commonly known as a Pika or Whistling Hare, a diminutive member of the rabbit family looking much like a small mouse and native to the cold climates of Eastern Europe and parts of Asia. Identifying binomen engraved in the plate at bottom: "Der Wachtelhase, Lepus pusillus Gmelin. Lin." Circa 1790. Artist not identified. Plate number engraved at upper right (177). Very finely detailed and colored. Archivally hinged and matted with 100% rag museum board, paper size 4 3/4" x 7 3/4", matte window 4 1/4" x 5", outside matte dimensions 10 1/4" x 12". Ready for framing. Fine condition, no chips or tears, all coloring brilliant. A sparkling plate of a charming and reclusive little creature. Rare.

Erlangen: Hilpert, 1815. Paperback. Very Good. 26 p.; 24 cm. As printed, the title page left the specific date of the lecture blank; in pencil it was changed to "Die 3. Januar MDCCCXVI," indicating that, rather than being delivered in Dec. 1815, it was delivered on Jan. 3, 1816. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). The author, Johann Christian Friedrich Harless (1773-1853), was a German physician who served as a director of a clinical institute in Erlangen beginning in 1805 and in 1818 went to Bonn as a professor of pathology. Based on the natural philosophy of Schelling, he developed a theory of electropathology. In Very Good Condition: lacking stitching; title page slightly darkened along fore-edge; title page and p. 26 lightly soiled; otherwise, clean and bright. Scarce.

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918. Later Edition/Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. In green pictorial cloth with green illustrations and titling. Light edgewear to spine ends. Owner's name, date, address and ""yosemite - 43"" to top of ffep. A small rectangular stain to bottom of ffep where something was laid in place for a while, also tape stains(not scars) to top and bottom of endpapers - assuming where protected jacket rested. Bug hole to top inside of front hinge and rear hinge is beginning to split at top, but still solid. Interior and exterior very clean otherwise. Jacket is very nice with just a few small chip/nicks to spine ends, corners and top edge of flaps, and two 1/2 inch closed tears to top of rear panel and top of rear flap. Later edition/printing based on date of book advertised on rear flap and owner's date - 1925 at the earliest. Three period photos from previous owner laid in.